https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed German supermarket Lidl, which runs nearly one thousand stores across Britain, won Wednesday a trademark and copyright case against the country's biggest retailer Tesco regarding the use of a logo. https://www.thelocal.de/20230419/german-supermarket-lidl-wins-trademark-case-over-tesco Wed, 19 Apr 2023 19:44:42 +0200 german-supermarket-lidl-wins-trademark-case-over-tesco A pensioner has been arrested in connection with letter bombs attacks at German food retail companies, police said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20210221/pensioner-arrested-over-letter-bomb-attacks-in-germany Sun, 21 Feb 2021 11:38:10 +0100 pensioner-arrested-over-letter-bomb-attacks-in-germany Investigators in Germany are probing a mysterious string of letter-bomb attacks on German food retail companies in recent days. https://www.thelocal.de/20210219/german-police-probe-letter-bomb-attacks-on-food-firms Fri, 19 Feb 2021 15:15:54 +0100 german-police-probe-letter-bomb-attacks-on-food-firms Three people were hurt Wednesday in a blast at the German headquarters of discount supermarket Lidl, but police declined to confirm media reports of a letter bomb. https://www.thelocal.de/20210217/three-injured-in-blast-at-lidls-german-headquarters Wed, 17 Feb 2021 20:48:13 +0100 three-injured-in-blast-at-lidls-german-headquarters A Brazilian wandering spider was discovered by a customer in a Lidl supermarket in Rotenburg, Lower Saxony on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20161128/deadly-tropical-spider-discovered-in-lidl-banana-packaging Mon, 28 Nov 2016 12:50:57 +0100 deadly-tropical-spider-discovered-in-lidl-banana-packaging They used to be byword for cheapness and no-frills shopping. But now Aldi have released their first ever German TV advert - and it doesn't appear to have just been filmed on someone's phone. https://www.thelocal.de/20160909/aldi-releases-first-ever-television-advert Fri, 09 Sep 2016 13:40:03 +0200 aldi-releases-first-ever-television-advert A couple in western Germany proved that some people will stop at nothing to earn their little piece of paradise when they tried to extort the discounter using pipe bombs. https://www.thelocal.de/20160721/couple-plant-bomb-at-lidl-to-earn-place-in-the-sun Thu, 21 Jul 2016 16:48:16 +0200 couple-plant-bomb-at-lidl-to-earn-place-in-the-sun Lidl is the first German supermarket chain to get the official 'GM-free' certification on its own-brand milk. https://www.thelocal.de/20160711/lidls-cows-are-going-on-a-gm-free-diet Mon, 11 Jul 2016 13:12:44 +0200 lidls-cows-are-going-on-a-gm-free-diet Michelin-starred chef Nelson Müller filled up his baskets at Aldi and Lidl on Tuesday night to find out whether the discounters' groceries are up to his high standards - and found there's some things the discounters can't magic away. https://www.thelocal.de/20150121/aldi-lidl-muller-top-chef-checks-out-discount-groceries Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:37:35 +0100 aldi-lidl-muller-top-chef-checks-out-discount-groceries The descendants of a committed Nazi, who made his fortune under the Third Reich, have shot to the top of Germany's rich list for the first time, leapfrogging the country's discount store billionaires. Who else made the top ten? https://www.thelocal.de/20141007/bmw-family-quandt-shoots-to-top-of-german-rich-list Tue, 07 Oct 2014 18:10:00 +0200 bmw-family-quandt-shoots-to-top-of-german-rich-list Practically every second bottle of wine bought in Germany comes from one or other of the country's fable discount supermarkets such as Lidl and Aldi. https://www.thelocal.de/20140320/lidl-aldi-and-co-sell-half-of-all-wine-in-germany Thu, 20 Mar 2014 09:31:00 +0100 lidl-aldi-and-co-sell-half-of-all-wine-in-germany To be rich in Germany you either need to inherit your wealth, start a discount supermarket chain or own a chunk of BMW, according to the Forbes Billionaires List published on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140304/forbes-billionaire-list-reveals-germanys-richest-people Tue, 04 Mar 2014 15:33:00 +0100 forbes-billionaire-list-reveals-germanys-richest-people Discount supermarket Lidl began taking all Coca-Cola products off its shelves in Germany on Monday, as a bitter price war between competing discount chains intensified. https://www.thelocal.de/20140121/lidl-takes-coke-coca-cola-off-shelves-in-price-war Tue, 21 Jan 2014 17:01:00 +0100 lidl-takes-coke-coca-cola-off-shelves-in-price-war Prices at discount German supermarkets Aldi and Lidl have risen quicker than those at their more expensive competitors, a consumer watchdog study revealed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20131010/52337 Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:57:00 +0200 52337 The German discount supermarket chain Lidl was under fire on Thursday for reportedly scattering rat poison on its produce shelves - without warning customers or reporting a rodent problem to the authorities. https://www.thelocal.de/20130613/50291 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:02:00 +0200 50291 German discount supermarket chain Lidl has run out of a popular range of children's stickers meant to be as an incentive for families to buy at the store. Parents of devastated "Stikeez" fans have taken to the internet to voice their outrage. https://www.thelocal.de/20130529/49973 Wed, 29 May 2013 08:25:00 +0200 49973 Discount supermarket chain Lidl has been fined €1.5 million for leaving dangerous, Listeria-contaminated cheese on sale for too long. One person died after eating the cheese and three more became ill. https://www.thelocal.de/20130116/47365 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:36:00 +0100 47365 Next week the well-known discount chain Aldi will start selling more brand name products by introducing Coca-Cola drinks to its shelves – to be followed by skin care products from Nivea. https://www.thelocal.de/20120929/45263 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 11:41:00 +0200 45263 A gang of thieves in Germany upped the ante when planning a ram-raid on a supermarket – they used a mechanical digger to tear off half the roof and pull down a wall to get to the safe. https://www.thelocal.de/20120702/43505 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:41:00 +0200 43505 The best business to get into in Germany seems to be discount supermarkets - the owners of Aldi, Lidl and Kaufland again top the list of the country’s richest people. https://www.thelocal.de/20111010/38121 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:32:00 +0200 38121